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THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS AND THE 
DEDICATION OF ITS MONUMENT 




Welland, Canada. 

Tribune-Telegraph Press 



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The most critical and most omniotis -period for Canada tuas 
the last fetv iveeks, ending October igth, 1814, at Cook's Mills. 

R. W. GEARY. 



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FOREWORD 




HE Peninsular Counties that touch the 
Niagara River fairly bristle with history, 

T^ and are scarcely less bristling with books, 
^ pamphlets and papers dealing with the 
themes of that history, yet it has remained 

for the year nineteen hundred and twenty- 

diree and this little brochure to give the Battle of Cook's 
Mills its first exclusive publication. The name is men- 
tioned, of course, in most stories and records of the War 
of 1812.-14, andCruikshank in his "Documentary History" 
has preserved to the future the official statements con- 
cerning the engagement, but Cook's Mills has not until 
now stood alone. It would seem, indeed, that this fight 
that centered around the flour mills owned by the Cook 
brothers, Noah and Calvin, and situated in the very 
heart of what is now the County of Welland, has taken 
almost a century and decade to come into its own. Its 
recognition now is probably as slender as it is tardy, but 
it is a recognition. 

The immediate, modern thing back of this little 
book was the unveiling of the monument on the battle- 
field a few weeks ago. 

— Louis Blake Duff. 




8 THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



CONTENTS 

I. Cook's Mills, Yesterday and Today, 
— By Ernes f Green. 

X. The Story of the Dedication. 

— Reprinted from the Wetland Tribune and Tele- 
graph of July 26, 192^. 

3. Dedicatory Prayer. 

— By Rev. Archdeacon N. I. Perry, Rector of Holy 
Trinity Church, We I land. 

4. The Action at Cook's Mills. 

— By Brigadier-General E. A. Cruikshank, LL.D., 
F.R.S.C., F.R.H.S., Chairman of the Historic 
Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. 

5. The Significance of Cook's Mills in the Fortunes of 

the War. 

— By R. W. Geary, President of the Lundy's Lane 
Historical Society. 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 




COOK'S MILLS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY 

By Ernest Green. 

HAT sense of peace ever present amid 
scenes of rustic beauty steals inevitably- 
over the heart and mind of the traveller 
who follows the old Lyons' Creek Road 
from Chippawa towards Welland. The 
^^^ roadway has the twists and curves peculiar 
to all pioneer trails, yielding to every convolution of the 
land and keeping the slow-winding stream its constant 
guide and companion. Rich fields, deep in grain and 
clover, stretch to the open woodlands that bound the 
view; cool flats, waving with reeds and sedges, alternate 
with placid lily-pools along the water-course, while, 
here and there, modest farm-steadings tell of an industri- 
ous rural race, sprung from stock long native to this soil. 
Peace and beauty, plenty and contentment rule the heart 
of Welland County today, but times have been when 
hardship, war and a great ambition each in turn disturbed 
this deep serenity. 

When the revolution that rent a great people in twain 
had run its course and the dispossessed Loyalists plunged 
into a forest-clad wilderness to make for themselves new 
homes, these level plains of Crowland heard their first 
axes and saw their first stump-encircled log houses. Among 
the stumps grew scanty grain, but when the labors of 
seed-time and harvest were finished the pioneer had still 
the toil of the journey to some distant mill. The gentle, 
slow stream shortened the way for him but the pack-trail 
and the paddle yet took heavy toll of his strength and his 
days. 

Then came Noah and Calvin Cook, men of enterprise 
and vision. Where the stream, drawing out of a deep 
reach, rippled across a shallow, they built their dam of 
clay and sluice of axe-hewn timber. There rose their 
rustic wheel, and "Cook's Mills" was born. Not one of 
those great towns whose smokes now smear the horizon 



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THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



These men of old 
Lincoln stood gal- 
lantly at bay on 
many fields in de- 
fence of homes and 
allegiance . 



had yet been dreamed of. Beaverdams and Bridgewater 
were the contemporaries of the hamlet that grew up 
around this little industry in the depths of the forest. 
Together they rose; together they fell. Each had its 
taste of battle, each had its day of pride, each drained 
the dregs of adversity, and now all alike are history. 

Years passed on. The settlement throve, and lonely 
exiles grew to love the new land. Then came war again, 
and these men of old Lincoln stood gallantly at bay on 
many fields in defence of homes and allegiance. The 
boom of cannon rolled oft across the forest from hard- 
fought frays, eastward and north and south; and at last, 
one day, even this quiet spot by the creekside was the 
scene of strife and death. Here, where the modest cairn 
tells its story, Canadian volunteer and British regular 
disputed the way with invading foes. Musketry and 
cannon pealed across these quiet vales, smoke rolled thick 
along the forest edge and leaden balls hailed upon log 
houses whose occupants had fled in terror to the depths 
of the wilderness. The story of that day is told in an- 
other place. On the brow of the bluff that marks the 
valley's farther edge the slain were laid to rest and only 
tradition now points out the spot. 

The war was ended and Cook's Mills throve in peace. 
Here the people met for worship, for the regulation of 
the town affairs and for the selection of their representa- 
tives in parliament. Here they brought their products 
of field and garden, loom and dairy to show in friendly 
competition with their neighbors. To the eve of this 
century it was all very small and mean, — that hamlet of 
a hundred years ago,— but that was Cook's Mills' golden 
time and from such primitive institutions of industry and 
government as flourished here the prosperity and power 
of twentieth century Canada have sprung. 

Time passed and rival powers arose, — a canal on that 
side, a railroad on this; towns and trade were all about 
but still the village flourished. Then came the day when 
old Lincoln County, grown great and unwieldly, was to 



COOK'S MILLS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY ii 



be divided, and Cook's Mills found itself the geographical 
centre of the new county-area of Welland. "Of course," 
said the folk, "this must be the county town," and they 
selected the court-house site. But rival villages bid for 
the honor and, after bitter strife, one of them carried off 
the prize. It was Cook's Mills' death-blow. 

The mills are gone and the dam is but a shapeless 
mound of clay; the village industries hum no longer; the 
old shops and public-houses are closed; clumps of lilac 
and liveforever by the fences alone show where happy 
homes once stood. The muskrat and redwing hold sway 
among the reeds and lillies once more and only the gray 
cairn reminds the traveller that here a tale may be told. 



The gray cairn re- 
minds the travel- 
ler that here a tale 
may be told. 




IX 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



Bidlets and ar- 
roiv heads frofn the 
soil. 




THE STORY OF THE DEDICATION 

Reprinted from the Wetland Tribune and Telegraph oj July zC^ 

1923. 

EW events in the recent history of the 
county have been of such inspiring interest 
as that which took place at Cook's Mills 
yesterday afternoon — the unveiling and de- 
dication of a monument to mark the scene 
of the battle, the last action in this section 
of Canada in the war of 1812.-14. 

The monument, erected on the site of the battleground 
on land donated by Roy Matthews, is the work of the 
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Ottawa. The 
unveiling and dedicatory ceremonies were carried out 
very admirably by the Lundy's Lane Historical Society. 
Appropriately enough, the day was the anniversary of the 
Battle of Lundy's Lane. 

The monument faces the Crowland stone road, and 
is situated about one-half mile east of the Crowland Town 
Hall. On a concrete base seven feet square is erected a 
pyramidal cairn of rubble stone eleven feet high. The 
tablet faces south and looks upon the roadway. Em- 
bedded in the mortar above the tablet are two bullets and 
two arrow-heads. The bullets were turned up in the soil 
almost on the exact site of the monument only a few weeks 
ago by Mr. Matthews. So the monument bears its own 
relics of 1811-14. The monument was built by Wm. 
Justice of Thorold, under the direction of J. H. Byrne, 
Ottawa, engineer of the National Parks Branch, Depart- 
ment of the Interior. 

The monument was unveiled by Mrs. L. B. Spencer, 
Regent of Sir Isaac Brock Chapter, Daughters of the 
Empire, Welland; and below the tablet a memorial wreath 
was placed by Mrs. C. H. Vandersluys, regent of Niagara 
Rangers Chapter, Niagara Falls. 

The chair was occupied by Rev. Dr. Wallis of Niagara 
Falls, Vice-President of the Lundy's Lane Historical 



THE STORY OF THE DEDICATION 



13 



Society. The address of the day was that made by Brig.- 
Gen. E. A. Cruikshank, Chairman of the Historic Sites 
and Monuments Board, of Ottawa, one of Canada's 
foremost historians, and one especially well steeped in 
the lore of the war of 1812.-14. General Cruikshank, with 
the sure touch of an authority, described the action at 
Cook's Mills and gave it proper setting in the events that 
preceded and followed. Of first interest, too, was the 
very brief address of R. W. Geary, President of Lundy's 
Lane Historical Society. 

The impressive dedicatory prayer was said by Rev. 
Archdeacon Perry, rector of Holy Trinity Church, Wel- 
land. 

The program included many excellent addresses. 
Horace Gray, Reeve of the Township of Crowland, ex- 
tended a hearty welcome to the visitors. W. M. Ger- 
man, K.C., M.P., Col. J. E. Cohoe, J. W. Marshall, B.A., 
Inspector of Schools, and Louis Blake Duff spoke briefly. 

The tenor of the speeches was one of gratitude to the 
defenders of our soil, of thankfulness that good neighbor- 
liness had marked our relationship with the United States 
for over a century, and that Canadians of this day should 
dedicate themselves to the maintenance of Canada as an 
integral part of the British Empire. 

The deep interest of the proceedings together with 
the fair summer day brought out a very large attendance 
from all parts of the county. Included in the audience 
were the following members of the Niagara Historical 
Society: Mrs. E. J. Thompson, Mrs. John Redhead, Mrs. 
F. D. Porter and Mrs. E. C. Ascher. Mrs. J. B. Simpson 
of Ottawa, long prominent in the work of preserving 
Canadian history, was also present. 

About the monument were hung banners bearing the 
names of the military units that took part in the Battle 
of Cook's Mills— the Sznd, the looth, the 104th, the 
Royal Artillery and the Glengarry Light Infantry. 

Flags were placed at each corner of the enclosure 
I by Mrs. C. L. Coulson, Secretary of Sir Isaac Brock Chap- 



A dedication to 
the maintenance of 
Canada as an in- 
tegral part of the 
British Empire. 



14 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



ter. Flags on the monument are to be maintained 
year to year by the Chapter. 

The Boys' Naval Brigade of Welland, under 
mand of Horace Cox, attended in a body, and the s 
tions given by their bugle band were one of the bi 
features of the occasion. 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



15 




DEDICATORY PRAYER 

By Rev. Archdeacon N. I. Perry, Rector of Holy Trinity Church, 

Well and. 

ET us now praise the memory of men who 
gave their lives, a willing sacrifice for their 
country. 

"Greater love hath no man than this, 
that a man lay down his life for his friends." 

"These are they that came out of great tribulation 
and have washed their robes and made them white in 
the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they stand before the 
throne of God and praise Him day and night in His temple. 
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more. 
The sun shall not light upon them nor any heat — for the 
Lamb that is in the midst of the Throne shall lead them 
unto the fountain of living waters and God shall wipe 
away all tears from their eyes." 

Let us pray — 

O God of our fathers, who in olden times didst com- 
mand Thy servants to erect a stone of remembrance, hear 
now our prayers as we dedicate a stone of everlasting wit- 
ness of the unseen things by which men and nations live. 
Grant that this pillar builded with the precious stones of 
human lives, formed together by courage and sacrifice, 
may be precious in Thy sight, and honored by our chil- 
dren forever. 

We praise Thy glorious Name for the men who in 
this place long ago gave their lives in defence of their 
country. Thou has accepted, O Lord, the offering of 
their faithfulness unto death and hast given to us their 
children, a glorious heritage. 

May this pillar erected to their memory be a symbol 
of Thee in whose comforting and keeping there is shelter 
from the storm. Write upon the tablet of our hearts the 
truth that life is not measured by length of days. Help 
us to feel that in Thy holy care art all Thy children, 



Praise the memory 
of men who gave 
their lives . 



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THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



whether here or beyond, that Thou, the Eternal God, art 
our refuge and strength here and everywhere. As in Thv 
Name we dedicate this Pillar in memory of those who 
died, so we pray Thee, dedicate all our lives to Thy 
glory and service through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
O Lord God Almighty, Supreme Ruler of Nations, 
without whom no people can be great; we thank Thee 
for the progress and prosperity vouchsafed to this Do- 
minion, and for the countless blessings, temporal and 
spiritual. Make us, we beseech Thee, more sensible of 
Thy goodness, and of our responsibility as stewards of 
Thy gifts, and grant us such virtue and true religion that, 
by our work and by our lives. Thy Holy Name may be 
forever glorified, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



17 




THE ACTION AT COOK'S MILLS. 

An Address by Brigadier-General E. A. Cruikshank, LL.D., 
F.R.S.C., F.R.H.S., Chairman of the Historic Sites and 
TAonuments Board of Canada. 

HIS monument has been erected here by 
the Department of the Interior to com- 
memorate the Battle of Cook's Mills, an 
event of some significance in the history of 
Canada. It was the last action of any 
importance fought in Upper Canada during 
the war of 1812.-14. The war had been continued for 
exactly twenty-eight months. It also marked the end 
of the most sternly contested and bloodiest campaign of 
that war, which began on July 3rd of that year and all 
but completed the devastation of this frontier. The 
events of that campaign may be briefly stated. 

The invasion was undertaken with the hope of over- 
running the province as far as Burlington Heights, or per- 
haps Toronto, and retaking Fort Niagara. The landing 
of a body of about five thousand men, mostly regular 
troops, was aided by a squadron of war-ships in undis- 
puted command of Lake Erie, and the co-operation of a 
more powerful fleet on Lake Ontario was arranged for 
when the invaders had fought their way to its shores. 
Fort Erie was taken with scarcely a show of resistance, 
and an ill-judged attack by an inferior British brigade 
near Chippawa was sharply repelled with severe loss. 

The fortifications at Chippawa and on Queenston 
Heights were then abandoned and, after leaving sufficient 
garrisons in the three forts at the mouth of Niagara river, 
t the remainder of the British field-force retired toward 
Burlington. The invaders advanced to Queenston Heights 
and waited there for two weeks for the fleet which failed 
to come to their support. Until this time all their sup- 
plies had been brought to them by boats from the other 
side of the river. Learning that he could not rely on 
receiving any naval assistance for some time, their com- 



The last action of 
a ny im-portance 
fought in Upper 
Canada during the 
War of 1812-14. 



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THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



The Siege of Fort 
Erie . 



mandcr decided to retire as far as Chippawa, with the 
intention of forming a supply-train and moving across 
country against Burlington, then the chief military depot 
in the western part of this province. 

The unexpected advance of a small British force to 
Lundy's Lane, within striking distance, precipitated a 
hard-fought battle there, which began an hour before 
sunset and lasted until midnight. The losses on both 
sides were heavy and those of the invaders were so severe 
that they retreated in haste to Fort Erie, where they form- 
ed an entrenched camp and awaited reinforcements in the 
hope of being able to resume the offensive. This position 
was besieged by a slightly larger British force under Sir 
Gordon Drummond, and, after a few days' bombardment, 
a resolute assault was made on the night of August 14 
and 15. This attack failed with the loss of nine hundred 
men. The siege was continued in the face of great dif- 
ficulties for more than a month longer. The defence was 
obstinate and skilful but the chief antagonists of the be- 
siegers were incessant rain and almost unfathomable mud, 
which made the transport of all supplies a task of enor- 
mous labor and wore the men out. 

Being secretly reinforced by night by large bodies of 
volunteers and militia, the garrison made a vigorous sortie 
under cover of mist and rain, took several siege batteries 
and many prisoners, and although eventually driven in, 
inflicted such heavy loss that Drummond reluctantly 
raised the siege and retreated behind the Chippawa 
Creek. He had then learned that a fresh force of regular 
troops, estimated at five thousand men, was advancing 
from Sackett's Harbor on Lake Ontario, by a route 
threatening Fort Niagara and his line of communication. 
Its arrival would give his enemy a great numerical superi- 
ority, and for many days he was menaced with attacks 
at the same time in front and upon his left flank. 

The march of this division was, however, much re- 
tarded by rain and bad roads, and it did not arrive at 
Lcwiston until October 5. The design of besieging Fort 



THE ACTION AT COOK'S MILLS 



19 



Niagara was then abandoned and a junction formed with 
the troops at Fort Erie on October 10 and 11. The united 
force of eight thousand men advanced as far as Black 
Creek on October 13. Drummond's effective strength 
was less than half as large, but the field works on the 
north side of Chippawa Creek and in the angle formed 
by the confluence of Lyons' Creek with that stream had 
been much improved and the water was high in both. 
His position there was bombarded by field artillery on 
October 15 with little effect. 

During the whole of the next day strong columns of 
infantry were paraded about in sight, but out of range 
of gun-fire. On the afternoon of October 17, the whole 
American force retreated and again encamped at Black 
Creek for the night. Early next morning Drummond 
learned that a long column was marching up Black Creek 
towards Cook's Mills. The Glengarry Light Infantry 
and seven companies of the Sznd Regiment were advanc- 
ed along the left bank of Lyons' Creek to protect his right 
flank from what seemed to be a serious attempt to turn 
it. Before night he was informed that the enemy had 
actually crossed Lyons' Creek in force and occupied the 
mills. These troops were at once reinforced with three 
companies of the looth Regiment and one field gun. 

Colonel Christopher Myers, their commander, was 
ordered to "feel the enemy" closely, so as accurately to 
ascertain their strength and the direction of their move- 
ment and enable Drummond to take measures for counter- 
ing any attempt to penetrate in the direction of Burling- 
ton by the Beaver Dams. He was warned that any mis- 
calculation in this respect might imperil the safety of the 
entire division, and instructed to refrain from attacking 
a very superior force. Orders were sent at the same time 
to destroy Brown's Bridge, the only means of crossing 
the Chippawa above, and a regiment of militia was 
marched towards it to oppose any attempt to force a 
passage there. 



The march to 
Cook's Mills. 



xo 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



Colonel Myers' re- 
port on the action 
at Cook's Mills. 



The American force at Cook's Mills consisted of four 
regiments of infantry, a company of riflemen, and a party 
of dragoons, probably numbering upwards of twelve 
hundred of all ranks, under Brigadier-General Daniel 
Bissell. A militia picket at the mill had been driven off 
and its officer captured. During the night an American 
advanced picket posted on the road to Chippawa was 
attacked and lost a man taken prisoner. 

Myers advanced early in the morning of October 19 
from Misener's house on Lyons' Creek, described as three 
miles distant from this place, with a force stated at 
about 750 men. This movement was led by the Glen- 
garry Light Infantry, a distinguished regiment raised in 
Canada and chiefly recruited in the county from which 
it derived its name. It bore the burden and heat of the 
conflict. The result of his reconnoissance was tersely 
related by Myers in the following manner — 

"I found the enemy's advance with a strong support 
posted on the right bank of a ravine, which runs to Lyons' 
Creek, a small distance from the Mills. A part of the 
Glengarry Regiment turned round a small wood which 
covered the front of the enemy and crossed the head of 
the ravine, whilst the remainder passed through the 
wood. By this movement the enemy's light troops were 
driven back in admirable style, whilst a part of his force 
crossed Lyons' Creek for the purpose of annoying our 
left. Having chiefly the reconnoissance in view, and 
finding that object not attainable by a forward movement 
from the thickness of the woods, I retired the Glengarry 
Regiment and fell back a small distance, in the hope of 
drawing the enemy forth to the open ground, and, if cir- 
cumstances would justify it, to bring him to a more gen- 
eral action. This had no farther the desired effect than 
that he advanced to the skirts of the wood, and showed 
two columns on our left and one on our right, opening a 
fire of small arms and which from the distance we spar- 
ingly returned, but from the fire of the six-pounder and 
the rockets the enemy's column on our left suffered sev- 



THE ACTION AT COOK'S MILLS 



zi 



erely. From my own observation and the reports I have 
received, I cannot estimate the force of the enemy at less 
than from 1,500 to 1,000 men. He had no cannon. Find- 
ing it impossible to draw him fairly from the woods, I 
retired the troops to their cantonments around the place, 
[Misener's house] , keeping my advance close to the 
enemy. 

"The conduct of the Glengarry Light Infantry during 
this campaign has been so conspicuous that Lieutenant- 
Colonel Battersby and the officers and men of that corps 
can receive little further credit from any report of mine, 
but on this occasion I cannot refrain from adding my 
humble tribute of praise to their well-earned fame." 

His loss was one man killed and thirty-five wounded, 
some of whom died of their wounds. The only officer 
wounded was Captain Alexander MacMillan of the 
Glengarry Light Infantry. 

Bissell reported the loss of twelve men killed, fifty- 
four wounded, including four officers, and one prisoner. 
After destroying a small quantity of grain stored in the 
mill, he retired hastily next day, by the route over which 
he had advanced, although he had been reinforced during 
the night by two more regiments of infantry, leaving the 
bridges undamaged. On October 2.1, the whole invading 
army retired to Fort Erie and soon after recrossed the 
Niagara. 

Thus the last shots of that campaign were fired and 
"the battle-flags were furled." A good many lives were 
sacrificed elsewhere before that fratricidal contest between 
kindred peoples was ended. Let us hope that it may 
never be renewed. But let us not forget the heroic dead, 
nor the events which have preserved our country and 
enabled it to attain the dignity of nationhood. 

It is hoped that the establishment of these memorials 
may help to promote sound patriotism, may stimulate 
the study of national history, and may interest the traveller. 



The ivhole invad- 
ing army retired to 
Fort Erie and soon 
recrossed the Nia- 
gara. 



2.2. 



THE BATTLE OF COOK'S MILLS 



The most critical 
and most ominous 
period for Canada 
ivas the last few 
weeks ending Oc- 
tober igth, 1 8 14, 
at Cook's Mills. 



THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COOK'S MILLS IN THE 
FORTUNES OF THE WAR 

An Address by R. W. Geary, President of the Lundy' s Lane 

Historical Society. 

The check received here by the American army, was 
of the greatest importance to our country's defenders. 

The most critical and most ominous period for Canada 
of the whole war was the last few weeks, ending October 
19th, 1814, at Cook's Mills, the anxieties of General 
Drummond being frequently shown in his official des- 
patches of that time; and, had it not been that the Chip- 
pawa river was "an exceedingly strong defensive position" 
to use Drummond 's own words, combined with his own 
vigilance and military skill, the last and greatest Ameri- 
can invading army would have undoubtedly overwhelmed 
us, and the fairest of Canadian land, the historical Niag- 
ara Peninsula, occupied, and, without doubt, claimed 
and held by the United States when the war was over. 

The 'forming of General Izard's new army in 
Western New York, its junction with General Brown's, 
after relieving Fort Erie, the falling back of Drum- 
mond behind the Chippawa, with his head-quarters 
at Niagara Falls, the fortifying of the Chippawa and 
the mouth of Lyons' Creek, the disposition of the 
British forces, the signals, in event of an attack at Chip- 
pawa, of three cannons to be fired, one minute apart, on 
Drummond Hill, and repeated at Queenston, to bring the 
troops stationed at Lundy's Lane, Queenston, and the 
forts at the mouth of the River at once to Chippawa, — 
all constitute, in detail, one of the most dramatic chapters 
in Canadian history. 

This period of stress really brought out Drummond 's 
finest generalship, and I hope to see a monument erected 
to his memory on this Frontier, commensurate in import- 
ance with the greatness of his services to Canada in the 
war of i8ii-i4. 

The erection and dedication of these permanent re- 



T HE SIG NIFICANCE OF COOK'S MILLS 2.3 



cords in bronze and stone, of the past achievements of 
patriotic Britons will be of great educative influence to 
succeeding generations, in promoting the memory of the 
glorious traditions of the British Empire expressed so 
well in Henley's fine lines: — 

Where shall the ivatchjul Sun, 
England, my England, 
Nlatch the master-work you ve done, 
England, my oivn 1 

When shall he rejoice again — 
Such a breed of mighty men 
As come forivard, one to ten. 
To the song on your bugles bloivn, 

England — 
Down the years on your bugles blown. 



When shall he re- 
joice again — Such 
a breed of mighty 
men ? 




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